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New for 2015: Conference Streams!

For the 1st time, International Military Helicopter will split in 2 each afternoon. Each session will provide focused discussions on critical subjects to the military helicopter community.

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.***IMPORTANT INFORMATION***The pre-conference Rotary Strike Focus Day (20th January 2015) will be taking place at the Grange Holborn Hotel. Address for Grange Holborn Hotel is:Grange Holborn Hotel50 - 60 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4AR.To confirm, the main conference (21st-22nd January 2015) will still be taking place at Hotel Russell

International Military Helicopter is the community’s annual general meeting place, bringing together 150+ Chiefs of Staff, Commanders of Helicopter Operations, Heads of Air Procurement, Chiefs of Plans and Policy, Chiefs of Staff and Industry Executives from across the globe to discuss their challenges shaping helicopters for now and the future.

This rare platform is an ideal opportunity to share lessons learned and best practice in current helicopter requirements, capabilities and programmes, engaging in international collaboration on a very real level with military leaders and industry counterparts.

What's New For 2015?

Adapting year on year in order to deliver the most business critical event of the year for it's attendees, 2015 is no different. New aspects include:

New Conference Streams: For the 1st time International Military Helicopter will split in 2 each afternoon. Eash session will provided focused discussions on critical subjects to the military helicopter community. These include:

New Industry Panel Discussion: Integral to any successful rotary capability is a process of collaboration and development with major industry providers. This panel discussion was dedicated to the strategic thinking shaping the future of the defence industry from the leading helicopter manufactures in the sector.

What others are saying

"Military Helicopter has an excellent choice of speakers and outstanding presentations"- Colonel Robert Mitchell, Director, Medical Evacuation Proponent Directorate, US Army

"Military Helicopter was an excellent opportunity to network and understand what other countries are doing"– Matthew Dougherty, Lockheed Martin

"A very high level of knowledge is available at International Military Helicopter"- Lieutenant Commander Owe Borjes, Head of Materiel Development, Swedish Air Force

"There's a lot of key personnel here… it's good that you can get to talk to people and the right people are here to talk to, so if you're going to make an impression, this is a good place to do it." Mike Scimone, Donaldson

"The sponsorship of the International Military Helicopter conference for us is quite important just because we have very few opportunities to meet a lot of the military helicopter operators, and they're here in force." Robin Taylor Hunt, Safran Turbomeca

"The benefit for me in attending the event is understanding where other nations are in their capability development and understanding, culturally, how they're using platforms." Major Mike Neville, UK MoD

"Excellent range of topic and speakers. I like that it's not only representatives from the industry but a lot of the operator world. It's important to have representation from different size countries and military styles." Major Youri Audy, 1 Canadian Air Division HQ

"A very good mix!" Major Michel Gelders, Belgian Air Force

"This conference is vital to gain visibility with important customers and potential customers in the military helicopter market." Heinz Scholl, RUAG Aviation

"I'm very pleased to see the diversity of military attendees at this event, and also the different elements from both the air forces and land forces, so it's a great opportunity for us to be in a diverse militarycustomer base." Dave Butler, General Dynamics

"It gets your name in front of the people that make decisions, and it allows you to network and make the contacts you need to get into organisations." Ross Livington, WL Gore & Associates

"Particularly interesting this year." Jerome Galle, Cassidian

"I think it's important for networking, simply across the military-civilian divide, the customer getting to know the supplier, the sharing of ideas – and there's nothing like meeting people face-to-face."Colonel Neale Moss, UK MoD

"Great Spectrum." Iain Robert, AgustaWestland

"This allows us to get our name out and make sure that the military customers out there have the full understanding of who everyone is. Being able to speak directly to the decisionmakers and influencers in this industry is what's key." Larry Alexandre, Heli-One

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